Flooding sent giant chunks of ice into Michigan homes this week after record snowfall melt and rounds of heavy rain created dangerous flooding around the Great Lakes.
The statewide flooding dashboard from the Michigan Police showed 40 counties under a state of emergency (red) and road closures due to flooding at dozens of locations (purple and yellow dots).
Insult was added to injury on Black Lake, Mich., Sunday, as huge blocks of ice, buoyed by floodwaters, smashed into homes. While not technically an "ice shove," which happens every winter when wind drives chunks of ice onto shore, this combination proved even worse.
New river height records were set last Thursday at the Manistee River near Sherman, and the Muskegon River at Newaygo, Evart and Bridgeton, all in Michigan.
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